This anti-immigrant ad campaign is racism, pure and simple

The policies the government is dreaming up to encourage illegal immigrants to leave Britain are becoming increasingly absurd. It is already targeting employers and landlords, and has tried persecuting children in schools. Now the Home Office is putting expensive advertising money into the mix: a new billboard campaign is being piloted this week telling illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest”.

And it is just a precursor to the next pilot scheme, a Christmas gift for families of ethnic minorities. From November, visitors from “high risk” countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, will be expected to produce a £3,000 bond to be allowed in to Britain. For many people, that could equate to up to six months’ worth of salary.